smooth operation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsmoothandoperation
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smooth
adjective
uk/smuːð/us/smuːð/
having a surface or consisting of a substance that is perfectly regular and has no holes, lumps, or areas that rise or ...
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operation
noun
uk/ˌɒp.ərˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɑː.pəˈreɪ.ʃən/
the fact of operating or ...
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(Definition ofsmoothandoperationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The ontologies that describe the pervasive environment greatly help in thesmoothoperationof the environment.
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That was asmoothoperation.
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The gas pressure was held constant by a pressure regulator selected forsmoothoperationa t low flow rates.
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The scope of the friction compensation controllers is to avoid the stick-slip loop in order to achieve asmoothoperationof servomechanisms.
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Personal rule is antithetical to thesmoothoperationof rational legal bureaucracies, particularly the latter's capacity to predict and calculate profit and loss.
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And there were few tertiary industries in the colonies to make up the supply chain of subcontractors needed to ensure thesmoothoperationof armaments manufacture.
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It has fast,smoothoperation.
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We need to make numerous changes in view of thesmoothoperationof the internal market.
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One of the unit's priorities is thesmoothoperationof the deregulation order-making process.
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The availability of dates of birth will greatly assist thesmoothoperationof the registration system.
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This obviates interference with thesmoothoperationof the internal market.
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Competitiveness andsmoothoperationof the latter will not be ensured either.
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We hope that this system will get into comparativelysmoothoperation.
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This is putting thesmoothoperationof the internal market at risk.
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This would hinder and prejudice thesmoothoperationof the internal market.
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Besides cultural differences, differences in national legislation are the greatest obstacles to thesmoothoperationof the internal market.
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There have, however, been quite a number of problems in ensuring thesmoothoperationof the scheme.
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It is designed to help the new board and to help thesmoothoperationof these proposals.
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Although these amendments are technical, they are important for thesmoothoperationof the legislation in practice.
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I believe that there would be significant dangers for thesmoothoperationof the scheme if the amendments were accepted.
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At the same time every effort has to be made to facilitate thesmoothoperationof airports and air services.
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Forsmoothoperation, a regime of inflexible exchange and interest rates would require increased flexibility of domestic economies.
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It would be quite realistic of me to say that no restructuring can be asmoothoperationwithout its problems.
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